Budapest hotels are forced to shut down due to ban on foreign tourists from entering Hungary
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The latest border closure measures put most Budapest-based tourist guides and hotels in an impossible situation, and there is no news about the Hungarian government providing any kind of support to these vulnerable groups.
The Hungarian government’s recent restrictive measures to fight the pandemic were just another painful blow to local tourism, especially in the capital city that in 90% relies on tourists from other countries.
As Tamás Flesch, head of the Hungarian Hotel & Restaurant Association, says in this article by Portfolio, even though tourism did have a strong performance in July and August, this is relatively true of the countryside than Budapest;
even if there were some revenues, no hotel in the capital city could reach the break-even point in the 2020 summer period.
These establishments are now expecting support from the Hungarian government before they have to lose most of their employees, says Flesch.
The border closure has been designed to bankrupt the Budapest airport, Budapest hotels and the city of Budapest. If they push hard enough, BUD will be sold to Meszaros, then Meszaros will pick up good hotels at good prices, and the city of Budapest will file for bankruptcy so that everyone learns not to vote for the “wrong” people whilst the Hungarian State takes over its administration…